Skigersta
Skigersta is a village to the south east of Ness on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is the easternmost settlement in the Ness district and is 5km southeast of the Butt of Lewis.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Port Skiogar” and “Skegirstra”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dùn Èistean and Lionel School.
Dùn Èistean
Fort
Photo: Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dùn Èistean is a multi-period archaeological site on an inter-tidal sea stack on the north east coast of the Isle of Lewis, near the village of Knockaird in the area of Nis in the Western Isles of Scotland. Dùn Èistean is situated 2 miles north of Skigersta.
Lionel School
School
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lionel School is situated 2 miles northwest of Skigersta.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eorodale and Adabrock.
Eorodale
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eorodale is a settlement in the community of Ness, on Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Eorodale is within the parish of Barvas, and is situated on the B8015 between Lionel and Skigersta.
Adabrock
Village
Photo: John Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Adabrock, is a village in the area of Ness, Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Adabrock is within the parish of Barvas, and is situated on the B8015 between Lionel and Eorodale.
Port of Ness
Village
Port of Ness is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the community of Ness, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Port of Ness is within the parish of Barvas. Port of Ness is situated at the end of the A857, which runs from Stornoway.
Skigersta
- Category: locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.474° or 58° 28′ 26″ northLongitude
-6.21416° or 6° 12′ 51″ westElevation
121 feet (37 metres)Open location code
9CCMFQFP+H8OpenStreetMap ID
node 1129747004OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Skigersta” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Skigersta”
- Dutch: “Skigersta”
- French: “Skigersta”
- Irish: “Sgiogarstaigh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sgiogarstaigh”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Eorodale WWII CHL radar station and Skigersta Post Office.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Skigersta”. Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.